An Act To Provide That The Mississippi Department Of Transportation, A Political Subdivision Of The State Or A Municipality Of The State May Form A Public-private Partnership For A Highway, Road, Bridge Or Other Asset Improvement By Which The Department, Political Subdivision Or Municipality May Negotiate For Private Funding Assistance Toward A Highway, Road, Bridge Or Other Asset Improvement In Exchange For Naming Rights Of The Section Of Highway, Road, Bridge Or Other Asset For Which The Private Funding Assistance Was Provided; To Prohibit The Commission From Approving And The Department From Entering Into Any Agreement With An Entity Whose Products Are Illegal For Use By Minors; To Prescribe The Purposes For Which Funds Derived From Such Agreements For Naming Rights May Be Used; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury For The Deposit Of Such Funds To Be Retained And Managed By The Department For The Purposes Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 97-3-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Manufacture Or Mail Order In This State Of Medicines That Cause Any Abortion That Is Prohibited By The Laws Of This State; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act; To Provide Definitions For The Act; To Provide That "online Race Book" And "online Sports Pool" Betting Shall Be Legal In This State; To Require A Platform That Operates An Online Sports Pool Or Online Race Book To A Manufacturer's And Distributor's License; To Authorize Licensed Gaming Establishments To Contract With No More Than One Platform; To Provide That A Platform Shall Only Accept Wagers From Players Located In Mississippi; To Require The Platform Contract For Geofencing And Age Verification; To Prohibit Play By Any Person Under The Age Of 21; To Impose A Fee On The Gross Revenue Of A Licensed Gaming Establishment, Including A Platform That Operates An Online Sports Pool, Online Race Book Or Both On Behalf Of The Holder Of A Gaming License, Which Is Derived From The Activities Authorized In This Act And To Exempt Such Gross Revenue From Certain Fees Imposed Or Authorized Under The Mississippi Gaming Control Act And Any Local And Private Law Of The State Of Mississippi; To Provide For The Distribution Of Proceeds Collected From Such Fee; To Amend Sections 97-33-17, 75-76-5 And 75-76-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Amend Section 75-76-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Inclusion Of Online Race Book And Sports Book For Gaming Licensing; To Amend Section 75-76-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Licensed Gaming Establishment To Display The License Of The Platform It Is Contracted With; To Amend Section 75-76-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Exception For An Office In This State For Platforms; To Bring Forward Sections 75-76-211, 75-76-55, 75-76-205 And 75-76-175, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate Corporate Gaming Establishments, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Sections 75-76-177, 75-76-101 And 97-33-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Certain Provisions; To Bring Forward Sections 97-33-305 And 97-33-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate Gaming Establishments, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Sections 97-33-25 And 75-76-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Provisions; To Bring Forward Sections 97-33-1 And 97-33-7, Which Restrict Certain Types Of Wagers, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; To Establish The Legislative Findings Of The Act; To Provide The Applicability And Scope Of The Act; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Maintain A Complete List Of Services For Which Prior Authorizations Are Required; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Make Any Current Prior Authorization Requirements And Restrictions Readily Accessible And Posted On Its Website; To Set Requirements For The Clinical Review Criteria Of Health Insurance Issuers; To Prohibit Health Insurance Issuers From Denying A Claim For Failure To Obtain Prior Authorization If The Prior Authorization Requirement Was Not In Effect On The Date Of Service On The Claim; To Require Health Insurers To Make Certain Prior Authorization Statistics Available On Their Website; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Make Available A Standardized Electronic Prior Authorization Request Transaction Process By January 1, 2025; To Require All Health Care Professionals And Health Care Providers To Use That Process Not Later Than January 1, 2027; To Establish Certain Requirements On Health Insurance Issuers For Prior Authorizations In Nonurgent Circumstances And Urgent Circumstances; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Give Certain Notifications When Making An Adverse Determination; To Establish The Qualifications For Personnel Who Review Appeals Of Prior Authorizations; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Periodically Review Its Prior Authorization Requirements And To Consider Removal Of These Requirements In Certain Cases; To Provide That A Health Insurance Issuer May Not Revoke Or Further Limit, Condition Or Restrict A Previously Issued Prior Authorization While It Remains Valid Under This Act Unless Certain Exclusions Are Applicable; To Provide How Long Prior Authorization Approvals Shall Be Valid; To Provide How Long The Prior Authorizations For Chronic Conditions Shall Be Valid; To Establish The Procedure For The Continuity Of Prior Approvals From Previous Health Insurance Issuers To Current Issuers; To Provide That A Failure By A Health Insurance Issuer To Comply With The Deadlines And Other Requirements Specified In This Act Shall Result In Any Health Care Services Subject To Review To Be Automatically Deemed Authorized By The Health Insurance Issuer Or Its Contracted Private Review Agent; To Authorize The Department Of Insurance To Issue Cease And Desist Orders To Health Insurance Issuers Or Private Review Agents; To Authorize The State Department Of Insurance To Impose Upon A Private Review Agent, Health Benefit Plan Or Health Insurance Issuer An Administrative Fine Not To Exceed $10,000 Per Violation Of The Act; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Report To The Department Certain Data; To Require Health Insurance Issuers To Notify The Commissioner Of Insurance Of Suspected Submissions Of False Requests For Prior Authorization; To Require The Commissioner To Have An Administrative Hearing On Such Matters To Resolve The Issue; To Amend Sections 41-83-1, 41-83-3, 41-83-13, 41-83-21, 41-83-31, 83-1-101 And 83-9-6.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform With The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 41-83-5, 41-83-7, 41-83-9, 41-83-11, 41-83-15, 41-83-17, 41-83-19, 41-83-23, 41-83-25, 41-83-27 And 41-83-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Supporting Texas Governor Greg Abbott In His Efforts To Restore The Sovereignty Of Texas And The Integrity Of The Mexican Border By Transporting Illegal Noncitizens Across The Texas Border Where They Illegally Crossed.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning For The Purpose Of Providing Funding To Alcorn State University For The Support Of Horticulture Research And Extension Programs For The Fiscal Year 2025.

An Act To Amend Sections 83-11-17 And 83-11-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement Of A Fifteen Dollar Filing Fee In Automobile Cancellation Or Nonrenewal Appeals; To Amend Section 83-17-251, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Prelicensing Requirements Individuals Seeking Licensure In The Life Line Of Authority Only; To Amend Section 83-17-523, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Compensation Of A Public Adjuster; To Provide That A Public Adjuster Shall Not Participate In The Reconstruction, Repair Or Restoration Of Damaged Property That Is The Subject Of A Claim Adjusted By The Adjuster; To Provide That A Public Adjuster Shall Not Engage In Any Activities That May Be Reasonably Construed As A Conflict Of Interest; To Provide That A Public Adjuster Shall Not Have A Financial Interest In Any Salvage, Repair Or Any Other Business Entity That Obtains Business In Connection With Any Claim That The Public Adjuster Has A Contract To Adjust; To Provide That No Public Adjuster Shall Be Entitled To Any Payment, Commission, Fee Or Other Thing Of Value Of Any Insurance Settlement Or Agreed Settlement That Was Made Between The Insured And The Insurance Company Before The Public Adjuster And The Insured Entered Into A Contract For Service; To Provide That If An Insurance Company Extends A Written Settlement Offer To The Insured Before The Insured Enters Into A Contract With A Public Adjuster For Services, Then A Public Adjuster May Only Be Entitled To An Amount That Is No More Than 10% Of The Settlement Amount That Is In Excess Of The Amount That Was Offered In Writing To The Insured Prior To Entering Into The Contract With A Public Adjuster; To Authorize The Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association To Establish An Online Portal To Assist Mississippians In Selecting A Health Plan; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Prohibit The Sale Or Giving Of Assault Weapons To Any Person Under The Age Of Twenty-one; To Amend Section 97-37-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Prohibition Regarding Firearms; To Amend Section 45-9-53 And 45-9-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Provisions Of Law That Regulate Local Ordinances Regarding Firearms; To Bring Forward Section 45-9-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Process For Concealed Carry Licenses; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Local School Boards To Designate A Period Of Reflection At The Beginning Of Each School Day To Provide For Student-initiated Prayer On A Voluntary Basis; To Bring Forward Sections 37-13-4 And 37-13-4.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Exempt From Ad Valorem Taxation Certain Personal Property That Is Owned By A Business Enterprise And Used By The Business Enterprise Solely On The Premises Of The Business Enterprise In The Operation Of The Enterprise; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 17-23-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Rural Fire Truck Matching Assistance Program To Remove Language That Limits Eligibility Of The Rural Fire Truck Matching Assistance Program To Those Counties That Have Received Funding For Eight Rounds Or Less From The Rural Fire Truck Matching Assistance Program; To Amend Section 25-15-409, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Commissioner Of Insurance To Contract With A Third Party Vendor To Administer Benefits Under The Mississippi First Responders Health And Safety Act And To Authorize Payment For That Vendor From The Mississippi First Responders Health And Safety Trust Fund; To Amend Section 25-15-411, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement That The Commissioner Of Insurance Notify The House Of Representatives And Senate Insurance Chairmen Before Making Any Distributions From The Mississippi First Responders Health And Safety Trust Fund; To Amend Section 83-1-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Credit To The Municipal Fire Protection Fund; To Amend Section 83-1-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Credit To The County Volunteer Fire Department Fund; To Bring Forward Section 83-5-72, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Denial Of An Application For Teacher Or Administrator Licensure, Or The Revocation Of An Existing Teacher Or Administrator License, Of A Person Who Has Physically Abused A Student; To Bring Forward Sections 97-3-95, 97-5-23, 97-5-24 And 97-29-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Sections 25-11-147 And 25-11-321, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Member Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Who Is An Elected Official Or A Member Of The Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan Is Convicted Of Or Enters A Plea Of Guilty Or Nolo Contendere In Any Court To A Felony In Which Public Funds Were Unlawfully Taken, Obtained Or Misappropriated In The Abuse Or Misuse Of The Person's Office That Is Committed On Or After July 1, 2024, The Court Shall Conduct A Hearing In A Separate Civil Proceeding To Determine If All Of The Conditions Have Been Met; To Provide That If All Of The Conditions Have Been Met, The Court Shall Issue An Order That The Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Be Suspended; To Provide That A Member Who Is Convicted Of Such A Felony Shall Not Have His Or Her Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Suspended Until All Appeals Of The Conviction Have Been Finally Concluded Or The Time For An Appeal From The Conviction Has Expired; To Provide That After Receiving The Suspension Order From The Court, The System Shall Request The Attorney General For A Determination Of Whether All Appeals Of The Conviction Have Been Finally Concluded Or The Time For An Appeal From The Conviction Has Expired; To Provide That After The Attorney General Notifies The System That All Appeals Of The Conviction Have Been Finally Concluded Or The Time For An Appeal From The Conviction Has Expired, The Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Shall Be Suspended Until The Member Has Made Full Restitution Of The Public Funds That Were Unlawfully Taken, Obtained Or Misappropriated In The Abuse Or Misuse Of The Member's Office, As Determined By The Attorney General; To Provide That If A Member Of The System Or Plan Is Also A Member Of Another Retirement System Administered By The Board Of Trustees Of The System, And The Felony For Which The Member Was Convicted Or Entered A Plea Of Guilty Or Nolo Contendere Was In Connection With The Member's Service As An Elected Official That Is Covered By Only One Of The Retirement Systems, The Member's Retirement Benefits Will Be Suspended Only From The Retirement System In Which His Or Her Service As An Elected Official Was Covered At The Time That He Or She Committed The Felony; To Provide That The System May Conclusively Rely On A Suspension Order From The Court And The Notice From The Attorney General That The Requirements Of This Act Have Been Met In Suspending A Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan; To Provide That The System Is Not Liable For Any Mistake In The Payment Of Retirement Benefits To A Member In Good Faith Reliance On A Suspension Order From The Court And The Notice From The Attorney General; To Provide That Any Ambiguity Or Uncertainty About Whether A Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Should Be Suspended Shall Be Resolved In Favor Of The Member; To Amend Sections 25-11-111, 25-11-120, 25-11-129, 25-11-309 And 25-11-319, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 19-9-11, 19-9-13 And 21-33-307, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Mandate The Holding Of An Election On The Question Of Issuing County Or Municipal Bonds; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Repeal Section 9-7-26, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Appointment Of Circuit Judges For The Seventh Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-12-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Appeals From The Ccid Inferior Court; To Bring Forward Section 11-51-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Appeals From Municipal Courts, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 11-51-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes Appeals Of Inferior Tribunals To Circuit Court, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.